Showing posts with label deep snow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deep snow. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Got Snow?


Acadia LOVES the snow
Got Snow?

Here in Maryland, we certainly do and more is on the way according to the National Weather Service.

30 inches of snow blanket the house from the Superbowl Sunday/Monday storm

Today's forecast includes a Winter Storm Watch predicting anywhere from six inches to a foot of new snow. And it's not like it's been a dry year. To date, this year (i.e., since January), we've accumulated 52 plus inches of snow here in Maryland. And that doesn't even include our early December 2009 blizzard which dumped another foot of the white stuff.

It's a good thing that here at Maryland Sled Dog Adventures LLC, we LOVE snow. And even with all of the extra chores associated with big snow falls, I have to admit it's been very fun running all of our dog sledding programs using the dog sleds instead of the wheeled dog sleds (called a "rig" or "gig"). For photographs from some of our recent dog sledding programs, check out this blog entry and our Gallery.

Acadia plays in the snow from the December '09 Baltimore blizzard

Happy dog sledding, folks.

Issued by The National Weather Service
Baltimore/Washington, MD
3:18 am EST, Wed., Feb. 24, 2010

... WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE... SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS... POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 OR MORE INCHES.

* TIMING... A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM TONIGHT. SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST MARYLAND.

* TEMPERATURES... LOWS NEAR 30 TONIGHT. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S THURSDAY. LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S THURSDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS... NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT... INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH THURSDAY WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

Now if we could just send some of the snow we have accumulated here in Maryland over the past month north to our cabin in Maine and to our New England mushing friends, everything would be perfect.

Here's hoping some new snow falls up at camp

Things (snow that is) are looking up even up at camp as a Winter Weather Advisory has been posted for Maine as well as Maryland. Up at camp, they are forecasting approximately six inches of snow out of the storm that produced rain yesterday here in Maryland with another several feet of snow in the forecast for later in the week.

Snowy cabin

Issued by The National Weather Service
Portland, ME
3:04 am EST, Wed., Feb. 24, 2010

... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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... SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE TODAY...

.LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS MORNING WILL TRACK NORTH AND WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATER TODAY. AHEAD OF THE LOW... PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE... HEAVY AT TIMES... IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. DURING THE AFTERNOON... THE HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN MAINE. AS THE LOW WEAKENS... THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. THE LAST OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL EXIT THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE AS MUCH AS 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

ANOTHER STORM IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... AND THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL. IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL JUST HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL WITH THE SECOND STORM.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Snow: 10-14 inches expected at the cabin

As it looks now....

The Maryland Sled Dog Adventures sled dogs can smell it. What is "it."? "It" is SNOW. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for our cabin in Maine:

Issued by The National Weather Service

Portland, ME
3:36 am EST, Wed., Dec. 9, 2009

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY.

ACROSS INTERIOR CENTRAL MAINE... LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 700 AND 900 AM. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON... THEN BECOME LIGHTER IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET... BETWEEN 10 AND 14 INCHES OF NEW SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED.

AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES LIGHTER TONIGHT... IT WILL LIKELY FALL IN THE FORM OF DRIZZLE... .FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW FLURRIES. THIS WILL DEPEND ON SURFACE TEMPERATURES... BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AFTER THIS EVENING.

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... SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST FROM LOWE PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL APPROACH THE REGION THIS MORNING. AHEAD OF THE WARM FRONT... SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 500 AND 1000 AM.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ON THE WARM FRONT WILL RESULT IN SNOW FALLING HEAVILY AT TIMES FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED FROM THE MORNING COMMUTE ONWARD... .AS CONDITIONS DETERIORATE FAIRLY RAPIDLY THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

Ten to fourteen inches of snow is predicted to fall at our dog sledding cabin in Maine and since we're all snow lovers we say: bring it on! While snow at the cabin means plowing, shoveling and clearing, it also means dog sledding, cross country skiing, skijoring, and snow shoeing, some of our favorite activities. To check snow depths, we use the NERFC Snow Depth Map which is updated daily.

As it will soon look....

Want to spend four days having a hands on adventure learning all aspects of dog sledding and mushing across the gorgeous snow covered trails surrounding our Maine cabin? Interested in learning how to skijor, breaking trail on snowshoes in a silent forest, identifying animal tracks around the cabin, and spending time with our lovable sled dogs? If so, check out our special women's dog sledding adventure trip: our Maine Winter Cabin Adventure. There are only six spaces available for this trip and they are filling fast so email catherine@marylanddogsledding.com to register.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Snowshoeing 101: Exploring Baisley Lodges

Pretty white "quick sand" (aka snow)

After my “swim” through chin deep snow yesterday, I decided to go out for a brief spin around the Lodges on my snow shoes to perfect my snow shoeing “technique.” From now on, snow shoes will be traveling as a required piece of equipment in my sled bag when out dog sledding.

Checking out a bird feeder

Me and another bird feeder

Time for a rest